I’m no coffee connoisseur, but I do love my coffee. I also like to explore a little more than the average coffee lover. These days most of my coffee is brewed on a Keurig Vue V700 machine, with a Solofill refillable Vue cup for my self-ground coffee. I grind my whole-bean coffees with a Breville […]
Can You Replace Your Editor With an App?
If you’re a less-established author like me, it isn’t always worth the cost to hire a professional editor. I know this statement is considered blasphemy in most writers circles. It’s like advising someone not to hire a lawyer. But hear me out. If you write a standard 60,000-word book and hire a good editor, the […]
Most Useful TED Talks from getAbstract
getAbstract is a service that provides 5-page summaries of business books. They also provide 2-page summaries of TED talks. Back in 2015, I read about 100 TED talk summaries from getAbstract. Here are the top 10 that I found most useful: Why Dieting Doesn’t Usually Work Why we make bad decisions How to Live to […]
Book Recommendation: Lakeside & Tide, by Jimmy Tomczak
Lakeside & Tide is an artfully devised book by Jimmy Tomczak. It is his collected thoughts compiled from ten years of reading and pondering about personal growth. Instead of focusing on making money, he wrote the book with an emphasis on artistic expression and provoking thought in readers. The book is a mix of stories, […]
Best-selling Books Through History
Movable type printing presses were in use in both Europe and Asia by 1500. It represented one of the greatest inventions of the last millennium. Printing presses were producing millions of books every year by 1600. An interesting way to look at the big picture of books in history is to look at the […]
The Baseball Stat to End All Baseball Stats
Batting average, earned run average, on-base percentage, strikeouts per nine innings, wins above replacement, walks plus hits per innings pitched… Baseball is the sport for statisticians. Statisticians design each new measure of baseball prowess to prove that good players are actually good, and it wasn’t all just luck. The holy grail for baseball stats has […]